In his hunt for reelection, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is leading his Democratic opponent Mary Burke, according to a new poll released Monday. The Marquette Law School poll has the Republican governor ahead 47 to 41 percent among registered voters. The same poll has 54 percent of respondents saying the state is heading in the right direction, compared to 40 percent who say it is not. With the election still nine months away, Burke will have to play catch up to familiarize voters with her stance on issues; 70 percent of respondents say they have not heard enough about her to hold an opinion of her. Walker was first elected to the governors mansion in Madison in 2010. He faced a contentious and expensive recall effort in 2012 that captured national attention, and was fueled in large part by anger over sweeping legislation he signed curbing the collective bargaining powers of public unions in the state. Walker won that election against Democratic rival Tom Barrett with 53 percent of the vote to Barretts 46 percent. The poll of 802 registered voters was conducted Jan. 20 to Jan. 23 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

It would take about two minutes for anybody, anywhere, to get all caught up on where Mary Burke stands on almost any issue that is of interest to Wisconsin.

Whatever Scott Walker is striving to achieve, she would go to work immediately, as governor to dismantle it. Taxes go up, school districts would be reduced again to surrendering most of their autonomy to the union demands, and most of the “green” initiatives would be restored. Wisconsin would become Illinois North.

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posted on 01/27/2014 3:43:41 PM PST
by alloysteel
(Obamacare - Death and Taxes now available online. One-stop shopping at its best!)

I firmly believe that the PENALTIES for VOTER FRAUD, VOTER INTIMIDATION and BALLOT TAMPERING/MANIPULATION shoule be so steep and severe that NO ONE in their right mind would ever risk it.

I am not saying that these offenses should warrant the death penalty, either. More along the lines of huge monetary penalties, permanent forfeiture of the right to vote and the inability to ever be the beneficiary of any/all tax-payer provided services would be a good start.

I firmly believe that the PENALTIES for VOTER FRAUD, VOTER INTIMIDATION and BALLOT TAMPERING/MANIPULATION shoule be so steep and severe that NO ONE in their right mind would ever risk it.

Of course, such is a rational approach. But the anarchists would whine and say that such stiff penalties would have the effect of "suppressing" the vote because they are so severe and "scare people away." I kid you not; these are the arguments these reprobates make.

I am not saying that these offenses should warrant the death penalty, either. More along the lines of huge monetary penalties, permanent forfeiture of the right to vote and the inability to ever be the beneficiary of any/all tax-payer provided services would be a good start.

A good long MANDATORY prison sentence (at least 3 years) would go a long way toward deterring such actions.

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posted on 01/27/2014 3:48:24 PM PST
by fwdude
( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)

“Personally I believe that they need a good, solid shot in the mouth when they start up with that crap....”

In the old days, you could do this w/o losing everything. A couple of men would get into an argument, beat the crap out of each other if it rose to that level (or one would get some sense knocked into him), and that would be that.

Today that is not the case as you risk losing everything you either own or will own in the courts (unless you’re a group of Union thugs on a quest to beat people that disagree with you).

Its amazing that the rise in “Progressive” politics has taken place during this time, isn’t it? :-) /sarcasm on

I'm undecided at this point, but Walker is looking to an excellent choice. He may not be as ideologically "pure" as some may want but he has the benefit of being solidly within the Conservative mainstream, shows a willingness to identify the issues that are really causing problems and taking them on head-on, PLUS he has solid executive experience running a pretty large state. Of the candidates that have been mentioned to-date, he's definitely the most well-rounded (figuratively, can't beat Christie from a literal perspective).

I just want to see what candidates end up emerging and how they perform in the primaries.

Thats a terrible number, considering hes running against an unknown. I suspect shes gonna give him a run for his money.

At this point in the campaign right track/wrong track is more important than the horse race numbers. That'll change, of course, and any incumbent under 50% in a 2-way race is definitely in trouble, but if there's a good difference (looks to be 8 points right now) favoring right track then Walker's numbers should come up.

I suspect that's the brain dead drop dead democrat bullet voter. All they know is she's a D. That's all they want to know. Those who don't know enough to have a preference is a much more significant figure.

Just a guess but the challenger was a single mom at 19 years old, who worked two jobs going to Harvard Law School, became a pole dancer at a strip club, but then turned her life around after a spiritual experience with Slick Willy Clinton.

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posted on 01/27/2014 6:06:37 PM PST
by RetiredTexasVet
(Stalin is smiling in Hell at how well Obama has copied his communist organization.)

Wisconsin is pretty much 50-50 R vs D. Walker being ahead by that margin means that he is getting the independents by his stellar, frugal government, which aligns with the right direction wrong direction numbers.

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posted on 01/27/2014 6:48:41 PM PST
by sgtyork
(Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy)

“The Marquette Law School poll has the Republican governor ahead 47 to 41 percent among registered voters”
Not good. He’s below 50%. If undecided break 2 to 1 for the challenger in an anti-incumbent year, then he “wins” by 51-49, close enough to steal. If they breat 3 to 1, then its 50-50.

Democrats do not deserve the right to vote after thousands of cases of voter fraud through many elections. Someone ought to bring suit, requiring them to show why they are not a danger to our nation’s freedom. They’ve been dragging their opposition into courts for years. Turn about is fair play, and it’s all about “fairness”, you know.

As of now hes my top choice for 2016 POTUS. I'm undecided at this point, but Walker is looking to an excellent choice. He may not be as ideologically "pure" as some may want but he has the benefit of being solidly within the Conservative mainstream

That's been my feeling for a while now. He's focused, reasonably conservative, and he doesn't back down from his goals. He seems to be able to unite people. A very good friend of mine lives in Wisconsin and she said the the Democrats pay college students to travel from precinct to precinct to vote multiple times and without voter ID, they get away with it. Voter ID needs to be the law of the land.

Again, I agree... but it still goes back to the fact that when one side is clearly frauding the election results, and the law enforcement apparatus is controlled by those who are frauding the results, and the opposition party is wetting their panties over even the mere THOUGHT of fighting back...

Where do you go from there? Other than outright 1775 Lexington time...

Friend, I have no answers for it... other than the obvious.

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posted on 01/28/2014 6:12:52 AM PST
by NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)

Yep. I’m truly amazed that our “elected reps” haven’t figured that out, yet. If they had a clue, they would have already started hearings on the Articles of Impeachment rather than risk getting tossed out of office. I know for a fact that I’m not alone in telling them that they are derelict in their sworn duty to preserve and protect the Constitution and that they are going to pay a price for that.

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